Jessie Bernard
Jessie Shirley Bernard (born
Jessie Sarah Ravitch, 1903 – 1996) was an American
sociologist and noted
feminist scholar. She was a persistent forerunner of feminist thought in American sociology and her life's work is characterized as extraordinarily productive spanning several intellectual and political eras. Bernard studied and wrote about women's lives since the late 1930s and her contributions to
social sciences and
feminist theory regarding women, sex, marriage, and the interaction with the family and community are well noted. She has garnered numerous honors in her career and has several awards named after her, such as the
Jessie Bernard Award. Jessie Bernard was a prolific writer, having published 15 sole-authored books, 9 co-authored books, over 75 journal articles, and over 40 book chapters. The final chapter of her book ''
American Community Behavior'' is heavily based on
Raphael Lemkin's work and is considered one of the earliest sociological studies of genocide.
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